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Device for Securing Knit Fabrics while being Out and Sew ed.

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Device for-Securing Knit Pabrieswhile being Gut and Sewed.

No. 241,116. Patented May 10, 1881.

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SATTERLEE ARNOLD, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA M. ARNOLD,

OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING KNlT FABRICS WHILE BEING CUT AND SEWED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,116, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed June 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SATTERLEE ARNOLD, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Securing Knit Fabrics while being Out orTrimmed and Sewed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device employed to hold sleazy or elasticfabric in a secured position while being trimmed or cut to a requiredseaming or sewing edge, and by means of which the trimmed or cut fabricmay be securely held as cut or trimmed by a detachable part of thedevice, and by it fed into a sewing-machine.

The objectof myinvention is to combine with a frame or table-support twodetachable plates arranged to be placed fiatwise one above the other,with the lower plate provided with upwardly-projecting pin -points andthe upper plate constructed with holes for the pin-points in the lowerplate to pass through, with the two plates so arranged with reference toeach other and the edge of the frame or table-support that the outeredge of the upper plate shall coincide with or subtend the edge of thelower plate, which contains the pins, and be parallel to the edge of theframe or table-support, to form with the latter a cutting-edge, upon andagainst which the fabric is trimmed or cut. The upper perforated plateand the lower pin-plate are held in position by means of two end guidingand staying pins projecting upwardly from the frame or support, and overwhich the plates having end holes are passed. These holes are slotted,and the plates are held as adjusted with reference to their outer edgesby means of a cap-plate and set-screw. At each end of the frame there isconstructed a base-plate, which is also made adjustable by means of aslot and a set-screw, and by the adjustment of said base-plate theposition of the pins securin g the two plates, when applied, isdetermined with reference to the cutting or trimming edge.

The novelty of my invention will first be described, and then pointedout in the claims.

Accompanying this specification, and forming a part of it, there arefour plates of drawings, containing six figures illustrating myinvention, and in all of which the same referenceletters are employed todesignate the same parts of the device.

Figure 1 shows, in perspective, the device with a piece of fabricinserted between the flat plates, with the pins in the lower plateprojecting up through the fabric and the holes in the upperplate. Thisillustration also exhibits the position of the securing-pins at the endsof the plates and the slot in the base-plate, by which the securing-pinsare moved out and in and secured by a set-screw to vary the width of thefabric cut for a sewing-edge outside of the pinplate. Fig. 2 shows theperforated top plate removed after the fabric has been cut or trimmed,

with the latter still secured by the lower plate and itsperforating-pins. Fig. 3 illustrates the fabric which has been cut ortrimmed to a sewing or seaming edge removed from the frame support andstill held by the lower plate and its pertbrating-pins, in a conditionto be run into the sewing-machine and sewed along its edge and the edgeof the plate. Fig. at shows the position of the slot and set-screw inthe base-plate of the device, with the parts somewhat enlarged inproportion to the other illus- 7 5 trations. Fig. 5 exhibits a verticalsection taken at right angles to the cutting-edge of the device, withthe parts somewhat enlarged in proportion to better designate them. Thisview shows the position of the upper perforated plate, the lowerpin-plate, the intermediatelyplaced fabric, and the front edge ofthe'frame or tablesupport, forming with the upper perforated plate acutting or trimming edge. Fig.

6 shows the cap-plate holding the upper perforated plate in an adjustedposition upon the staying-pins at each end by means of a slotted openingin the upper plate, as designated by a dotted line, and a set-screwconnecting the cap-plate and the perforated upper plate 0 by means of aslotted aperture in the former.

The letter E represents a bed-plate, formed at its front end or edgewith a guide-plate, E, projecting a short distance above the uppersurface of the table, as seen in Fig. 5 of the 5 drawings. Upon theupper surface of the bedplate, and contiguous to the guiding-plate,isarranged a holding-pin plate, D, supportedin position by means of thestaying-pins P P, located at the ends of the bed-plate.

This hold- I oo ing-pin plate is constructed with a series ofpin-points, (1, arranged in the same horizontal line near the front edgeof the plate, and at the ends with apertures or holes on m as shownfully in Fig. 3 of the drawings. These end holesnn, admit of the passageof the pin-plate over the staying and guiding pins P P of the bed-plateto its seat of rest, and the guiding and staying pins, passing u nvardlythrough the holes, maintain the relative position of the same to theguiding-edge of the bed-plate, and also the holes permit of thedetachment of the pin-holding plate from the said staying-pins. Theoflice of the small pin-points d on the plate D is to hold the fabricpressed thereon in a smooth condition, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3 ol" thedrawings.

The letter A represents a clamping perforated plate formed with endholes, m m, to coincide and register with the end holes, m m, in thepin-holding plate, and with a series of perforations, 0, correspondingin number with the pins (1. in the pin-holding plate arranged below.This perforated plate A is provided with end cap-plates, L, havingfixedcenters at R, and holes to register with the holes m, as seen in Fig. 2of the drawings. This perforated plate A is adjusted over the guidingand staying pins P P, and clamps the fabric in position upon the pins dof the plate D, as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

When it is desired to vary the width of the sewing or seaming edge, itis done by means of the slotted opening G, formed in the perforatedupper plate, the staying-pin hole m, the slot S, and set-screw T in thecap-plate L, which is pivoted to the plate A at R. The staying-pins P Pare secured at their bases to the end base-plate, K, and constructed soas to be moved outwardly or inwardly to or from the edge of the table orframe-support upon the lower base-plate,1 and secured in an adjustedposition by means of the slot S, formed in the upper base-plate, K, andthe set-screw T, connecting the plate K with the upper plate at each endof the device.

The operation of the device is as follows: \Vhen the fabric is to be cutor trimmed to a sewing-edge, one or more thicknesses of it are placed inthe proposed line of its union upon the lower holding-pin plate, D, andbed-plate, the former arranged in position upon the latter over theguiding and staying pins P P, located at or near each end of thebed-plate, and the fabric pressed over the pin-points d to secure afastening. The clamping perforated plate A is then passed over theguiding and staying pins P P and pressed down upon the fabric, theperforations 0 thereof registering with the pin-points d of the platebelow, thus holding the fabric in a irm and smooth manner, to be trimmedor Cl t by a suitable instrument on the coincidin gline formed by theouter edge of the clamping pe forated plate A and the guiding-edge ofthe b :d-plate. When this operation is accomplished the upper clampingperforated plate, A, is remc ved, leaving th e fab ric still held on thepin-points of the lower pinplate, D, and finally the fabric andpin-plate are removed from the bed-plate E, with the former still heldby the latter, as seen in Fi 3, in which condition, and while on theplate, it is run through a sewing-machine and sewed between the edge N Nand the outer edge of the plate without distortion.

From the foregoing description it will be ob served that both theclamping perforated plate and holding-pin plate are bodily removablefrom the bed-plate.

\Vhile I have illustrated and described the plates A and D and the edgeof the table-support or frame E as straight, 'et they may be curvedcoincidin gly,so as to cut and trim curved lines of form, ifdesired, andthe parts employed to accomplish such a result would perform it in thesame manner as though the lines to be cut or trimmed were straight ones.

I am aware that a bar provided with a series of pin-points has beenhinged to a lower clampbar; but this is not my invention, since thehinged pin-bar is incapable of being removed with the trimmed fabric andguided through a sewing-machine.

I reserve the right to make another application for the process ormethod of trimming or cutting a sewing-edge on fabric, then transferring the trimmed fabric on a pin-plate and guiding the same through asewing-machine; also, for the combination, with a pin-plate having aguiding-edge, of a base or bottom plate underlying or overlying the pin-plate, and provided with a guidingedge subtending the guiding-edge ofthe pinplate at a desired distance, for the purpose of trimming thefabric on the subtended edge of the base or bottom plate, substantiallyas herein indicated, shown, or described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

' 1. In a means for holding and securing elastic fabrics while being cutor trimmed to a sewing-edge, the detachable pin-plate having aguiding-edge with the form of the seam to be sewed, for holding thefabric during the process of trimming a sewing-edge and guiding thetrimmed fabric through a sewing-machine without distortion, asdescribed.

2. In a means forholdin g and securi-n g fabric while being cut ortrimmed to a sewingedge, the combination of a bed-plate having endguiding and staying pins, a detachable holding-pin plate, and adetachable clamping perforated plate, each of said plates being providedwith end holes for the passage of the plates over the guiding andstaying pins, substantially as described.

3. In a device for holding or securing knit fabrics from distortionwhile being cut or trimmed, in combination with the plates A and D, forholding the fabric placed between them by means of projecting pin-pointsupon the lower plate and perforations in the upper plate for thepin-points to pass through, the cap-plate L, pivoted to the plate A,said cap-plate being the staying-pins P P are attached,-with theprovided with the openings m for the stayslots S S, and the set-screws TT, arranged in in g-pins P P, the slot S and set-screw T, arthe slidingplates K K, for the lateral ad just- I 5 ranged to operatein connectionwith the slotted ment of the outer edge of the plate D with refer- 5opening Gin the plate A, for the lateral adjustence to the outer edge ofthe plate A, all comment of the latter, as shown and described. bined asshown and described.

4. In a device for holding knit fabrics while Signed at Troy, New York,this 2d day of being cut or trimmed, and having the plates A June, A. D.1880.

and D for securing the fabric between them SATTERLEE ARNOLD, 1 0 whilebeing cut or trimmed, the end base-plates, Witnesses:

K K, attached to the table-support, the slid- CLARENCE B. CUTLER,

ing plates K K above the latter, and to which HARRY P. FIELDING.

